John G. Roberts Jr. & President George W. Bush
New York Times
January 1, 2007
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. made judicial pay the sole topic of his second annual report, issued on Sunday, declaring that the failure by Congress to raise federal judges’ salaries in recent years has become a “constitutional crisis” that puts the future of the federal courts in jeopardy.
By statute, federal district judges receive the same salaries as members of Congress, now $165,200 a year. Judges on the federal appeals courts receive $175,100; associate justices of the Supreme Court, $203,000; and the chief justice $212,100. The linkage of district judges’ and Congressional salaries means that judges pay the price when members of Congress discern that it would be politically unpopular to raise their own pay.
My God! I don't know how they can afford to live on these wages! $165,000.00 a year works out to $82.60 an hour, assuming they work 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year. And $212,100 per annum works out to $106.05 per hour. No wonder the food banks are constantly having shortages.
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